Tuesday 22 January 2008

Up-Rooted

Here's a tree from Belton House Grounds
Thats been Up-Rooted.

Here's DW - just to show the size of the roots of this tree.
Here's its hole.
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17 comments:

Dragonstar said...

There's a small tree uprooted near our house. It's since been cut for logs. The 'plate' of roots is still clearly visible, but it's nowhere near the size of this!

Dick said...

Oh my, that's a very large tree.

Kerri Farley said...

Wow...that's one big tree!!

lv2scpbk said...

Wow, that is huge. Nice to meet your wife.

dot said...

Another WOW! lol. I wonder what kind of tree it is.

indicaspecies said...

I wonder why such a superb tree has been uprooted.

Fabulous pictures of a sad story.

Kostas said...

Wow! Really this enormous tree, impression me makes, that is absent his radical system.

Also very elegant the DW.

Tom said...

Did you lean on it...... ;o)

Lilli & Nevada said...

wow that is a big tree

Anonymous said...

what is this!!! big big tree

Anonymous said...

I am surprised the root system is so restricted. I would think the roots would extend out for twenty or thirty or more feet all around. Instead it looks to be less than 6 or 8 feet. It is a reminder that nothing stands up forever.

Cape Cod Washashore said...

WOW! That's one huge tree and one deep hole!

zakscloset said...

that is massive! it must be very old.

JAM said...

At least it wasn't you YOUR house grounds.

smilnsigh said...

How did it happen????????

Mari-Nanci

Sharon said...

wow! Glad you weren't standing near when it came down. :)

Andree said...

what a shame that it toppled over (and luckily nobody was hurt?). One that big fell over a couple years ago: it is way across the beaver meadows. It is huge and black and people stop because they think it is a moose.